The book is quite frankly blowing my mind. A DIFFERENCE OF KIND AND NOT DEGREE. We had a long talk about it today at the Alameda monthly antiques (flea) market. Some friends got breathtaken and stalled a couple days before even the first house -- at the dive shot! It's the first interiors book i made a conscious decision to read. The intro page to each home is the richest door opening to the house that lies beyond the front door. I visit one home a day. From the writing it's really hard to believe you haven't spent days in each home. I can't being to detail just what a (anything i write sounds trite) "magical" adventure I"m on sinking intoi the houses AND spotting little ties, echoes, recurrences, nods throughout. Anyway -- I love all of the books you've done together. You had me at the first sentence of American Originals: I told my friends: no interiors book ever began with THAT sentence. Again -- i wish I could put into words even approaching how beautifully and deeply introduce the reader to each home. Wow. Thank you.
The book is quite frankly blowing my mind. A DIFFERENCE OF KIND AND NOT DEGREE. We had a long talk about it today at the Alameda monthly antiques (flea) market. Some friends got breathtaken and stalled a couple days before even the first house -- at the dive shot! It's the first interiors book i made a conscious decision to read. The intro page to each home is the richest door opening to the house that lies beyond the front door. I visit one home a day. From the writing it's really hard to believe you haven't spent days in each home. I can't being to detail just what a (anything i write sounds trite) "magical" adventure I"m on sinking intoi the houses AND spotting little ties, echoes, recurrences, nods throughout. Anyway -- I love all of the books you've done together. You had me at the first sentence of American Originals: I told my friends: no interiors book ever began with THAT sentence. Again -- i wish I could put into words even approaching how beautifully and deeply introduce the reader to each home. Wow. Thank you.